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Zebras In Your Camera? Get The Best Exposure - Using the GH5

Photo Moment - March 22, 2017

(Skip to 0:29 to avoid the echo)

No, there are not actual Zebras in your camera. Zebra striping, in the photography world, refers to the camera sensing the amount of light in the exposure and how it displays it to the photographer. It helps you control how “exposed” the shot is. PhotoJoseph also covers a bit of Focus Peaking.

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I love comments on 6 year old videos… thanks for watching!!!!
40 minutes??
Thanks, got a lot out of this.
i dont have zibra on my panasonic app. its very hard to control camera. gh 5 s
Hi. I'm from Slovenia also, but currently living in Ireland. Got my gh5 few weeks ago, so thanks for the tips. Lep pozdrav :)
Dober dan!
Suppose you're exposing with V-Log, should you still set the zebra to 70 IRE for skin tones? I've read somewhere that it should be at 42 IRE. Or did I confuse things? Thanks Joseph!
Hm maybe 42 is wrong then… again check the Leeming LUT site, they have info on that. (I don’t use zebras when shooting Log; I just watch the waveform carefully)
Thanks Joseph! I'm wondering how i'd accurately expose at 42 IRE since the lowest zebras can go is 50 IRE.
No, shooting log is totally different. 42 sounds about right but check it. The “Leeming LUT” website has a great tutorial on shooting Log. Your highlights will clip at 70 on the weveform monitor.
No offense but you need to get to the point, I havent been able to sit through even one of your videos. You go on and on and on and on about things that dont matter to us.
More than 5 minutes goes by before you say anything related to the title of the video. Just constructive criticism here, make sure you don't lose people coming in the future for help (like me). I am glad you are streaming and having a good day and found the echo button but if I am looking for help that all seems to be a lot to watch if I don't know you yet. Good luck thanks for sharing.
Fair enough and thanks for being polite (you’d be amazed at some of the comments I get). This is pretty old; these days I edit and re-upload every live show — so I’m already following your advice :-)
Hello Joseph. Thanks for your videos.
I have the GH5 and I will test a free LUT conversion from CineD to Vlog to get Arri Alexa colors. (GHalex)
The guide recommend for CineD to set the Luminance Level in 64-940 (10bits) instead 0-1023.
I want to use Zebras to get a correct exposure, in Standard Mode the maximum available is 105% and I usually choose for Clipping 100% and for Skin Tones 65-70% for caucasian.
But then when you change the Luminance Level in CineD to 64-940 the Zebras only reach a maximum limit of 95% for Clipping.
Wich values need to be setting for Clipping and for Skins in CineD ? 90-95% for Clipping and 60-65% Caucasian?
I was reading out there that you can set the Zebras in Standard Mode and the camera adapt those zebras automatically to CineD or Vlog…is this right?
Sorry about my English and Thanks!
@@photojoseph Good advice. Thanks !
Interesting question. I never shoot CineD so can’t comment on that. I shoot V-Log. You don’t need to change the zebras, correct… just set it to whatever you like for skin (I tend to go 65 to 70 I think) and watch the waveform. In V-log the waveform is most important. I’m always exposing based on that, and actually often just turn zebras off. Since they show up at such a low point, a lot of the scene gets them in bright light and I find it annoying. COme to think of it, I probably use them more at 95% to avoid clipping, and watch teh rest of the scene on the waveform.
Some good points but 40 min is way too much
9:00, thank me later
From 6 momths into the future, thanks.
so I set up my zebra at 70%. increase my aperture to 4.0 zebra gone that on external monitor but video in external monitor looks underexposed...ninja inferno(external monitor) with GH5 so do I use camera zebras or external monitor zebras...just wondering any answer will be appreciated, another question with vlog L do you do white balance, exposure before applying out or after?thanks in advance
I wish you would stop babbling and stop trying to be funny.
Oh shit yo!!
I'm sorry. You're a Youtube rockstar!
I'm sorry. I thought I was being constructive. My apologies.
I wish you would stop wasting your time adding insulting, unhelpful comments to YouTube videos.
If you use 70 and set your exposure to have the zebras it means you are well exposed, the correction to 75 is useless. (It seems to correct it thinking the zebras are set to 70+ when there are set at exactly 70.
I don’t understand the statement. Different shades of skin will register at different zebra levels as overexposed.
Cool!is there any info about window setting for zebras?Sony has a setting you can select the window (default is 10% I think for sony)..what about gh5?Thanks.
PhotoJoseph Also,when you set 2% aperture for zebra setting and 70% zebras,then only whatever in the frame is from 68-72 is shown with zebras, so we would avoid having everything above 70% with stripes ("distracting")
PhotoJoseph I believe It's useful for exposing log, where small increments in ire correspond to relatively large differences in stops compared to linear profiles..
Interesting. I must be missing something though… the point of a zebra isn't to show a range of exposure, but to show a limit. A ceiling, if you will. When you see those stripes, you know you're overexposed. Or you can use it at ~70% to identify flesh tones at the right exposure, but you're still looking at a limit. How would you use a "window"? If you set a window from 69-71%, does something at 72% show without a zebra? How do you know if that part of the image is 72% or 68%?
PhotoJoseph It's 50% to 105% except hlg (goes up to 95%) and vlog-l (up to 80%)..window ,I mean the range of zebra..if we select 70% ,to be able to set it more precise..like to show from 69-71..Sony has a setting for that..I think it calls it zebra aperture setting
I don’t understand the question. Don’t know what you mean by “window settings”? You can set zebras on the GH5 from a low of maybe 60% (would have to check; don’t have one in my hands) up to 110%.
too much talking
Thank you very much, this is awesome
awesome video...got very much idea..thanks :D
I got my GH5 yesterday! Great Video, learning a lot.
awesome video and yeah,the menu,same issues for me always not finding the thing i am looking for.
+Sven Haag No matter how well organized :(
Interesting view of coping with setting the right exporsure on skin tones.
However, to my humble opinion, setting the right exposure on skin tones by reading the waveform monitor is much easier once you understand the technical aspects of the waveform.
I understand the GH5 also has an build in waveform monitor, which is great. With the GH4 I often use an external waveform monitor to correctly set skintone lightning somewhere between 60 to 80 IRE. Monitoring your image through studying the waveform also helps you set a proper lightning for the scene as a whole.
Photographers are quite often not familiar with reading waveforms but it certainly is worth understanding and learning how to.
If you are familiare with the waveform monitor, I may suggest you tackle this topic for our fellow videographers.
+Beeldproducent - film-video-foto I don't disagree at all. I'm showing features as they are and how they can be used. Of course not too many cameras have the waveform and I'm trying to educate beyond the GH5. I'll get to the waveform for sure!
Luv your channel mate, I'm down under in Australia in Brisbane so don't get to watch live as that is 2am or 3am down here. We're like 14 hours ahead. I pre ordered the GH5 a couple of weeks a go from an aussie (pronounced ozzy) company. It is bundled with the V log grading. Can't wait to shoot with it. Just reading and watching everything I can about it. If you want to know how to pronounce Australia, the way we do. You just say straya Cheers Mate, Regards John :))))
+sector9films haha love it :-) thanks and enjoy Your GH5!!
Excellent stuff - I can't believe it was forty minutes long. I've used peaking on dedicated video cameras in the past, but have never got around to trying it on one of these - I'll give it a try over the weekend when I'm shooting a wedding.
+Keith Spillett sweet! And I know… I tend to go on and on ;-)
Thanks for the good explanation of the zebra stripes. I have been playing with them while practicing macro stacking on white shells. I use a manfrotto led light for the close up stacking. I turn down the dimmer till the stripes go away on the shiny parts of the shells that get over exposed a lot quicker than the textured parts.
This is really cool - I didn't really know much about zebras and now I do. Just a follow up question but could you do this with the skin tone of on your hand for example? Seems like that might be a cool option if you're generally shooting scenes outside and need a reference point. Just so you don't have to point the camera at your face to set things quickly.
+TravisMoore sure as long as your hand is the same tone though. Many people's hands are darker than their faces — they get more direct sun.
Joseph, are you using (or have you been earlier) a monopod when you are shooting video? In your opinion, is there still any use for monopods with the great IBIS + lens IS? Same question for those handheld pendulum-based stabilizers. Are those actual for GH5 + IS lens? Just want to hear your opinion on all that.
+Serge Broslavsky I’ll address your question LIVE right here https://youtu.be/cO2j8nw-Dt0 on PhotoJoseph‘s Photo Moment 2017-03-27
Hi~may i know what gear u use for LIVE?

thank you
+RecProduction. tv I'll do a show on it soon
Hi Joseph, a quick GH5 question. I recently bought a Lumix G80 (G85) and get very frustrated by the record indicator on screen which flashes on and off during record. Now there is a second data indicator on screen that comes on during record but that can also stay on after recording has stopped while it writes the remaining data to the card. I think this flashing feature is crazy as on a number of occasions I have glanced at the screen, not seen the record light and pressed the record button again, stopping the recording. Grrrr.

So, does the GH5 also have this annoying feature or can it be set to stay on constantly during recording? I believe the GH4 did this too, I am not sure who ever thought this was a good idea :-) I have owned many pro video cameras over the years and I don't think I have ever seen this before. Andy
+apntv I’ll address your question LIVE right here https://youtu.be/cO2j8nw-Dt0 on PhotoJoseph‘s Photo Moment 2017-03-27
+apntv I’ll address your question LIVE right here https://youtu.be/cO2j8nw-Dt0 on PhotoJoseph‘s Photo Moment 2017-03-27
I.C.E. Entertainment Yes, there is a counter and the data icon, just call me old fashioned but after many years I instinctively look for the red light. :-)
apntv surely there is a countdown timer that shows you're recording to check hit display button
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RiverFlow​yay!!! lets talk Zebras

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Martin Pitt​Sorry, bit caught up in stuff happening in London atm 😞

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Sully Cortez​me*

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ChristophCarroll​I have been following your videos for the past couple weeks. This is my first live one as I'm in Maine. Keep up the good work! I feel like I'm an expert with my GH5 before I even have it.

Ed Starkey​Hi everyone. Going to the GH5 preview in Cleveland today at Dodds camera

TheBurnsTech​yeah google takes a good CHUNK

dimitris katsafouros​Quick question. Anyone here got their hand on a Gh5 yet. Preordered yesterday and I have a feeling I'm going to wait for a long time. I'm in Germany

tarbax​good evening!

Sully Cortez​lolololol

Håvard Njåstad​YouTube tells me 1080p30, wouldn't know why

Robert Beasley​Yo from Oxford 😃

FuzeDzn​I've used the GH5 for about a month as I'm a Panasonic Promoter, but i can say the camera isn't released today.

Martin Pitt​Major terrorist attack in London atm. I'm in lockdown 😞

Serge Broslavsky​Superchat is not supported for me (Latvia)

Sully Cortez​nice fuze!

Jess Smith​Sorry Martin. Please be safe

Sully Cortez​amazon says the 30th for us

Marvin_PA​My GH5 comes tomorrow 😃

cobblesticks​where are you Martin?

tarbax​witch shop in Germany is delivering the GH5 ? amazon.de has not the 12-60 kit

FuzeDzn​30th is around the right time.. "around". But there isn't an offical date yet.

TheBurnsTech​hey Joseph, for indoor shooting, what is your preferred color temp for lighting?

Robert Beasley​shoot photos not guns

Henry Dennis​Mine comes on the 28th

Trent Cleland​Hello from the ATL! Enjoy the vids very helpful info on GH5. Preesh brother!

Joel Davila​Manufacturer ships the 30th, but no date when store will ship.

FuzeDzn​Also remember, when you pre-order. You won't get it on day one. It'll be 1 or 2 days after depending on your shipping

Martin Pitt​@cobblesticks I'm in Westminter area today on business. We are hearing people have died sadly.

TheBurnsTech​ahh me too. i like the daylight too since opening a window shade can help for free light

Sully Cortez​yea i use daylight lights

Sully Cortez​5500-5600K

cobblesticks​@Martin Pitt Ok. Keep safe. I'm not too far from there either

Sully Cortez​easier to amtch with sunlight

Sully Cortez​match*

André Pêga​If i pre order mine now, when i receive in europe?

Sully Cortez​yea martin that sucks sorry to hear that...

Serge Broslavsky​@Andre, depends on the retailer's queue 😃

FuzeDzn​Funnily enough, i was told about Joseph from someone I was demoing the GH5 too ahah

André Pêga​Ohh Ok! Thank you 😃

Shaun Gibson​Mine says : Ships by 3/30/2017 - "by" is such an ambiguous word

Serge Broslavsky​I've ordered the last one for the first batch in Latvia :)

TheBurnsTech​adorama has a first in first out policy for the gh5 pre orders

Leo Gonzalez​I'd love to hear your personal zebra settings. I have two settings; first at 65% for skin tones second at 95% for general use.

Ed Starkey
$10.00
You provide tons of info and you aren't afraid to try things LIVE. You are the blueprint what a Panasonic Luminary should be!

Xackery Xtal​Morning everyone

Sully Cortez​nice ed

Sully Cortez​first of the day

Grant Matthews​Good morning from Vegas

Xackery Xtal​Grant I'm in vegas, too haha

Serge Broslavsky​Joseph, try clicking on that baloon above - should show you more details.

FuzeDzn​It's also worth noting your luminance levels are set too. Given you can have the full range of 0-256, 16-256 or 16-235.

Ed Starkey​He deserves it Sully

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cobblesticks​Mr Joseph, you should do a full in depth GH5 course for Photo & Video. Would love it & I would pay for that....

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Xackery Xtal​Serge yeah... hmm.. I could write a app.. 😸

Serge Broslavsky​😀

Martin Pitt​@PhotoJoseph Yup, they removed Fan Funding (shameful) for the new model which was 5% +21 cents (US). Hopefully the live interaction model of superchat will offset the difference.

Hurba Provisual​Are Fn buttons fixed or do they change if you change between photo and video mode?

FuzeDzn​I'm not sure if you have VLog on your GH5 Joseph, but unless you use the VLog View Assist to check your exposure, you will need to set different levels for zebras

FuzeDzn​Physical Fn buttons are fixed between modes. Display ones are Photo only
trevorpinnocky​I find zebras to be nothing more than guesswork. I always opt for waveforms for precise exposure.

Fark Googol​perfect

Martin Pitt​No out of sync for me

Ed Starkey​This is the reason we need false color in the GH5!!!

Kirk Beaumont​Sync looks good to me

Marvin_PA​sync ok

Martin Pitt​spot on to me

FuzeDzn​Not quite one, but very close

Jonny Black​Sync is good

Shaun Gibson​Sync is great!

Sean Marc Nipper​Only a frame or two

PhotoJoseph​looked great. nothing out of sync

FuzeDzn​on*

Hurba Provisual​sync just couple of frames maybe

Jess Smith​Seems good. Very close

Hurba Provisual​yep

cobblesticks​@FuzeDzn for VLog surely you just use zebras the same as you would in any other profile no?

Xackery Xtal​funny when Ryan comments on your account, it's like your alter ego is telling you something

Hurba Provisual​less than 10 frames for sure

AchitaLin​It's just few ms delay, not affect much.

PhotoJoseph​I'd sign into mine...but I'm monitoring the stream

trevorpinnocky​You need a waveform for Vlog-l. That's why panasonic built it in

Hurba Provisual​Thanks @FuzeDzn

Xackery Xtal​it's fine, just commenting. Haha

Sully Cortez​damn look at that face tracking

Xackery Xtal​I was thinking same thing Sully

Sully Cortez​see that's what i'm talking about these cameras can DO face tracking, its just they can't focus fast enough, hopefully the GH5 changes this

Martin Pitt​Wow the GH5 is tracking perfectly...and the sync is pretty much spot on. Very very useable!

PhotoJoseph​I guess I could sign in through Safari, but you guys can tell that if he's talking and gesticulating…he can't possibly be typing

Xackery Xtal​no worries

Martin Pitt​@PhotoJoseph Its ok Ryan, the community know the situation 😃

Hurba Provisual​The panas do better underexposing a little bit for colors in video, maybe if it looks a little underexpose is correct

Sully Cortez​that is generally true for skin tones hurba

Sully Cortez​but for everyday use it's best to slightly go over

trevorpinnocky​It looked like the zebras were picking up highlights not the general skin tone

Xackery Xtal
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Thanks for teaching us what zebras have to do with cameras

FuzeDzn​Well, with VLog, Zebras don't work as well regardless because its all so flat. I can only go from my own experiences, but i adjusted my zebras because i don't want to get VLog wrong

Serge Broslavsky​😃

Ed Starkey​@trevorpinnocky I use false color with the external recorder and it's much better for me that the waveforms.

cobblesticks​but Zebras are for the brightness no? I would imagine what you are speaking of is if you use focus peaking as with VLog is too low contrast?

Sully Cortez​me too ed waveforms and false color for me

butsecks​Message deleted by PhotoJoseph.View deleted message

trevorpinnocky​FuzeDzn panasonic has given us the ability to do LUT monitoring, indispensable for things like vlog-l

Mark Schneider​bought extension tubes based on previous...10mm and 16mm best starting lens? 25mm, 12-35, 45-200 ??
butsecks was banned by PhotoJoseph.

Xackery Xtal​Oh, Did you ever get Vlog on your gh5 @PhotoJoseph ?

lrobl8​what program do you use for recording your videos and swapping between screens

Hurba Provisual​FuzeDzn, Luts should fix that in the gh5 then 😀

Sean Marc Nipper​This may be a question you have covered or for another day but I noticed the focus box is looking for your eye. Is that a new AF feature in the GH5?

FuzeDzn​@trevorpinnocky VLog View Assist is incredible. The camera will come with a built in VLog to 709 lut when you activate VLog

cobblesticks​Thanks Joseph, will you need to recalibrate the zebras for skin tones when the lighting/scene changes?

trevorpinnocky​Ed the Pix-e5h was one of the best purchasing decisions I made. Looking at the inferno now.

Robert Clary
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Great video. You've been a lot of help to me.

Sully Cortez​ahh that sucks about the Fn buttons

ismael gaitan​Are you able turn off the The IN BODY IS ?

Sully Cortez​i wish they would change

Sully Cortez​grrrr sony does that crap too

ItsMarksLife​On average how much stops better is the GH5 from the Gh4?

FuzeDzn​2/3rds of a stop

Ed Starkey​You can have different FN buttons st for each custom function though

trevorpinnocky​FuzeDzn I'm planning to install my own monitoring LUT for Vlog-l

FuzeDzn​Is what majority of testing has reported

FuzeDzn​@trevorpinnocky Yeah i have a few of my own and a couple from James Miller. Your luts will need to be .vlt

Sully Cortez​i love vlog

Sully Cortez​i always shoot it

Sully Cortez​as I shoot witha PIXE externally on my GH4

Ed Starkey​Ditto @Sully Cortez

Sully Cortez​lol open mouth insert foot

FuzeDzn​these american terms xD

trevorpinnocky​Yeah I need to do some reading on making a panasonic compatible LUT.

cobblesticks​@trevorpinnocky Yep, need to as well. would be great to know how

Sully Cortez​just use the panasonic varicam lut

Sully Cortez​then grade slightly from there witha grey card in resolve

Sully Cortez​and export

Sully Cortez​boom

Ed Starkey​[message retracted]

extender01​i am wondering if i should go with 35-100 mk2 or 35-100 mk1 + 42,5 f1,7

trevorpinnocky​Vlog isn't the same as Vlog-l. I'd rather have a LUT specifically for vlog-l

Ed Starkey​@Sully Cortez The Panny Varicam LUT is a great start.

Sully Cortez​i know but its the closest correct starting point

Xackery Xtal​Oh side note for those waiting for GH5 via amazon: My vario lens 12-35mm was updated, ETA march 31st, arrival march 3rd.. no news on my body yet

Sully Cortez​even panasonic states it

Sully Cortez​altho it does push the magenta

FuzeDzn​.vlt luts can be made in Resolve, thats the only software i know that does .vlt

trevorpinnocky​I have some LUT packages from people that are camera specific. I expect them to update them soon and I'll base mine on those.

cobblesticks​@Sully Cortez Can you create luts for GH5 in final Cut some how?
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